The Common Stream: Two Thousand Years of the English Village

by Rowland Parker

Overview

This is the story of the village of Foxton, in Cambridgeshire. The author studied archaeological excavations, oral tradition, manor court rolls, land tax returns, wills, bishops' registers and many other records, in order to build up a picture of the life, work, clothes, food and pastimes of the villagers, from the first traces of human settlement two thousand years ago, to the present day.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780897333917
Publisher:	Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
Publication date:	08/30/2005
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	252
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.75(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Rowland Parker was born in 1912 in North Lincolnshire. His father, grandfather, and great-grandfather were all farmers and his youth was spent in the country. He was educated at Louth Grammar School, won a scholarship to Nottingham University and then trained as a teacher. In 1935 he joined the staff of what was then the Central School, Cambridge, and, except for the war, remained there until his retirement in 1972. He enlisted in the Royal Artillery in 1940, serving in North Africa, Italy, Egypt, Syria and Palestine, where he began to take an interest in archaeology and history. He lived in Foxton until his death in 1989.

Editorial Reviews

"A patiently, diligently reconstructed history of English rural life over the centuries." — Kirkus Review


"... a book that may be the most complete picture to date of this legendary way of life." — New York Times

From the Publisher

"A book that may be the most complete picture to date of this legendary way of life."

New York Times Book Review